The Southern Poverty Law Center maintains on their website a database of people and organizations who they feel are dangerous bigots and racists. This “hate map,” though, often includes groups and organizations whose politics the SPLC simply disagrees with.

Case in point, the Family Research Council, which is on the “hate map” because they oppose gay marriage.

Now, we all remember when Sarah Palin was all but indicted as a co-conspirator in the shooting of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords because she had published a map with targets over Democrats Palin was hoping to help defeat in the election. That was unfair to Palin because her intent obviously wasn’t to provoke violence.

But I wonder if the SLPC, whose “hate map” is clearly more provocative than anything Palin did, will be held to that same standard.

My guess is no, because the SLPC is a left-wing organization and the target of violence was conservative, and that doesn’t fit the narrative.

Rob Port is the editor of SayAnythingBlog.com. In 2011 he was a finalist for the Watch Dog of the Year from the Sam Adams Alliance and winner of the Americans For Prosperity Award for Online Excellence. In 2013 the Washington Post named SAB one of the nation's top state-based political blogs, and named Rob one of the state's best political reporters.